3 days
Duration

Migration  it  is. We will give  you  a  memorable   experience  to  the land  0f  wildebeest  migration    Masai  Mara   and   this   will be  witnessed   as  the   wildlife  cross  the   Mara  river.  Be  part  of  this   phenomenal  adventure   with  us.

Maasai Mara

Dream of Africa and chances are you dream of Maasai Mara. It is the home to Africa’ Big Five species, as well as an abundance of other wildlife, including wildebeest, cheetah, hyena, giraffe and many more. It borders the Serengeti National Park Tanzania.

Often described as nature’s greatest spectacles, the great migration is one of Africa’s dramatic stories. This occurs every year between July and October where more than 1.5 million wildebeests, zebras, gazelles and elands move mysteriously from the Serengeti in Tanzania to Maasai Mara in Kenya in search of grass and water.

This movement offers nature lovers the opportunity to view as predators such as the Lion, Hyenas, Crocodiles and Cheetahs prey on the wildebeests. This mass movement is one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

From the western Serengeti the herds head north, following the rains (or their effects) into Kenya and the Maasai Mara Game Reserve. On their trek the wildebeests’ path is cut several times by rivers: in the Serengeti by the Mbalangeti and the Grumeti, and in Kenya by the Mara.

For most of the year these rivers are relatively placid, but they can become violent torrents in response to rainfall in their catchment areas, and then they present major obstacles to the progress of the wildebeest.

Wildebeest arrive at the Mara River in their tens of thousands, and gather waiting to cross. For days their numbers can be building up and anticipation grows but many times, for no apparent reason, they turn and wander away from the water’s edge. Eventually the wildebeest will choose a crossing point, something that can vary from year to year and cannot be predicted with any accuracy.

Once on the grasslands of the Maasai Mara, the wildebeest spend several months feeding and fattening once more, taking advantage of the scattered distribution of green pastures and isolated rainstorms. A remarkable feature of their wanderings is their ability to repeatedly find areas of good grazing, no matter how far apart.

The physiology of the wildebeest is such that it has been designed by evolution to travel large distances very quickly and economically, apparently requiring no more energy to run a certain distance than to trudge along at walking pace. Every facet of its life and behavior is designed to save time – wildebeest even mate on the move, and newborns are, as we have seen, up and running in minutes.

While the wildebeest are drawn into migrating by the needs of their stomachs, the fact that they’re constantly on the move has the added benefit that they outmarch large numbers of predators. The predators are unable to follow the moving herds very far, for many are territorial and can neither abandon their territories nor invade those of others.

Moreover, the young of most predators are highly dependent upon their mothers, who can’t move very far from them.

You  will  be   advised  on  how to pay  for  maasai mara parkfees.

DEPARTURE/RETURN LOCATION Nairobi, Kenya
DEPARTURE TIME Please arrive by 6:30 AM for a prompt departure at 7:00 AM.
RETURN TIME Approximately 4:30 PM.
WEAR Comfortable safari  clothing, comfortable  safari shoes , warm  and  light  clothes
INCLUDED
Safari tour Guide Full board accommodation
park entrance   fees Transportation in  shared   4×4 Land   cruiser   safari  vehicle with a max of 8 Pax .
Water  while  on  game drives

 

 

NOT INCLUDED
Tips,Visa   fee
gratuity,International  flights

 

Additional information

LocationMaasai Mara Kenya
DestinationKenya, MAASAIMARA
Groupsize8
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Day 1: Drive to Maasai Mara Reserve

You will  be  picked  at  7  am from your Nairobi hotel  of   stay and   commence   drive to Maasai Mara Game Reserve (approximately 5 ½ hours’ drive). You will arrive time for lunch at  Narok  town  and  thereafter  proceed   with  drive to  the  Reserve. Evening depart  for  a  game drive in Mara Reserve and come back to the camp  for dinner and overnight at Lenchada Tourist Camp or Rhino Tourist Camp or Miti Mingi Eco Camp.
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Day 2: Full Day Game Viewing drive in Maasai Mara reserve

Today  you  will  have  the  chance of  going  down to  the   Mara   river  where  the   spectacular  wildbeeste  migration  will  be taking  place. On  your  way  as  well  you  will  see many  herds of   wildlife  and  probably  you  will  see   the   cats   (Lions  ,cheetah  and Leopard). You  will  have departed   with  picnic  lunches   which  you  will  take   right  in  the  jungle .  Later  in  the evening  you  will  return  to Lenchada Tourist Camp or Rhino Tourist Camp or Miti Mingi Eco Camp      where  you  will  have rest  and   dinner 
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Day 3: Drive to Nairobi

Breakfast  will  be served  and depart  for   last  morning  game drive   enroute   as  you   check  out  of  the   reserve.You  will  enjoy  lunch on the  way . On  arrival  you will  be  dropped at your Nairobi Hotel of stay.
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